Improvement in horse-rakes



JOHN PERRY. 'OF VERNON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND BENJAMIN 'C. BAKER, OF

SAME PLACE.

Leners Patent No. 87,363, dmc Mme 2, 1369;

IMPROEMENT IN 'HORSE-RAKES.

The- Schedule `referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi the same.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PERRY, of Vernon, in the county ot' J ennings, and State of Indiana, have invented an Improved Hay-Rake; and I do hereby declare thatv the following is afull and exact description of the same,

i reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification- Figure l being are ar ,view of the rake.

Figure 2, alongitudinal vertical section ofthe same.

Figure 3, a view 'ofthe spring. Like letters of? reference vdesignate corresponding parts. l

My improvement consists in providing a hayfrake, ofthe kind shown, or one of similar construction, with adjustable thills or shafts, in such a manner that they may be readily removed if desired.

I have lettered the different parts of the rake, for convenience of comparing the different views in the drawings, but will only referto such parts as may be necessary to make my improvements clearly understood.

Let A represent a rake-head;

B B, pendants;

C O, a thillfframe; andV a a, handles for guiding the rake.

In theouter sides of frame G C are driven staples, h h.; or, they may be stirrups, with nuts and screws `for securing the same to the frame (l O, or any other equivalent device.

is somewhat larger' than the forward one.

The thills .G Gl are of a taper-form from but to .are'inserted in the staples h h from the rear. Itaper-form prevents them from drawing through, and the difference in the size of the staples causes fthe v thills-to fit snug and tight. v

This adjustabili'ty of the thills is very convenient, as

The rear staple of each set of two point, and, when it is desired to use'the rake, they Their they may be taken out and replaced with the greatest ease and facility;,anl when removed, the rakemay be housed in much less room than if' the said thills were permanently attached.

Another important feature of my invention is the peculiaa constructionV of the spring H. This Aspring is bent in the i'orm shownin fig. 3, and hascatches, c c, formed on its lower extremities,

' The mode'of forming the spring in .one piece, and the manner of attaching it, I consider the best and cheapest that can be devised, and I believe it to be novel. I

HavingY thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The adjustable thills G G, and staples vh h, arranged and combined to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes as specied.

This specification signed by me,this 30th day of Y September, 1868.

' JOHN PERRY. Witnessesr ED. J. VAUTER,

WILLIAM O. WHITE. 

